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Provided by the compucert labile \LAY-byl\, adjective:
- Open to change; apt or likely to change; adaptable.
- Constantly or readily undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown; unstable.
Police Chase
- Occurs when motorists are afraid to pass a police car while driving on a highway due to a fear of being caught for speeding. Similar to a parade maker, the result is a traffic jam.
Bob: Can't you see? We're in the middle of a police chase.
Trivia
How many guests can the main dining room of the Queen Mary 2 handle at each of its two daily seatings?
- 1,347.
- Noah Webster: published his American Dictionary of the English Language, insisting on American spelling (1828)
- Abraham Lincoln: was shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC; the president died of his wounds the following day (1865)
- J.C. Penney: opened his first store, in Kemmerer, Wyoming, earning a first-year profit of $8,514.36 on sales of $28,898.11 (1902)
- first pitch: President William H. Taft threw the first ceremonial first baseball, on the Washington Senators' opening day; every president since has thrown out at least one (1910)
- RMS Titanic: hit an iceberg during her maaiden voyage at 11:40 PM, sank in about two hours killing over 1500 people.
Today's Birthdays:
- Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695): astronomer, mathematician and physicist
- Francois Duvalier (1907-1971): dictator of Haiti, aka "Papa Doc"
Abigail Breslin (13): actor, Little Miss Sunshine, Nim's Island; also, actors John Gielgud (1904-2000), Rod Steiger (1925-2002), Bradford Dillman (79), Julie Christie (69), John Shea (60), Robert Carlyle (48), Brad Garrett (49), Anthony Michael Hall (41), Adrien Brody (36) and Sarah Michelle Gellar (32)
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